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Jeremiah 52:12
On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard and servant of the Babylonian king, enters Jerusalem immediately after the capture and blinding of King Zedekiah. The narrative fixes this entry on a precise historical date following the city's fall.
The words — The Hebrew phrase בְּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַחֲמִישִׁי (be.‘a.sor la.cho.desh ha.cha.mi.shi) literally translates to "on the tenth [day] of the fifth month."
The thread — This chronological marker anchors the destruction narrative in 2 Kings 25:8, though that parallel account records the event on the seventh day of the same month. The date also contrasts with the earlier deportation count listed in Jeremiah 52:29.
Why it lands — The text records the exact day Nebuzaradan arrived to execute the burning of the temple, palace, and major buildings. It demands the reader acknowledge that Jerusalem's judgment unfolds within verifiable history rather than abstract prophecy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 25:8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 39:9 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
- Jeremiah 52:29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;
- Zechariah 8:19 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
- 2 Kings 24:12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
- Genesis 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
- Jeremiah 52:14 And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 7:3 by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”